What is wrong with the Knicks?
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🗓️ 1 April 2026
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Dave DuFour and Zena Keita discuss the Lakers blowout win over the Cavaliers, Luka Dončić and the MVP race, and the Lakers as contenders. Then, James Edwards joins the show after another loss by the Knicks to a playoff team to discuss their lack of chemistry, Karl-Anthony Towns' offensive issues, and if New York needs a lineup change.
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Host: Dave DuFour
With: Zena Keita and James Edwards
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio/Video Producer: Alex Oliver
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning and welcome to the NBA Daily for April 1st, 2026. |
| 0:04.7 | I'm Dave Before. |
| 0:05.6 | Here with Zena Keda coming up. |
| 0:07.0 | The Lakers blew out the calves. |
| 0:09.2 | Luca Dantzic makes another MVP statement. |
| 0:11.8 | And we have James Edwards here to talk about the Knicks Big Loss last night. |
| 0:19.2 | Good morning, everybody. |
| 0:20.6 | Hey, how's it going? Zena? Hope you don't blow a lead. |
| 0:25.1 | Man, the Lakers scared me last night. I scared JJ Redding, too, I think. |
| 0:29.2 | I let the Lakers handle that for me. Yeah, that was crazy. Let's break it down. |
| 0:34.0 | Hey, look, the Lakers, the Lakers stomped the calves last night. |
| 0:37.8 | I don't want to make it seem like it was even close. |
| 0:40.5 | But at the beginning of the fourth quarter, they gave up enough of a lead. |
| 0:44.0 | Luca had to come back in the game. |
| 0:46.0 | Wines up with 42 points, 12 assists. |
| 0:48.6 | The Lakers win 127, 108. |
| 0:51.2 | This is the 13th straight 30-point game for Luca Donchich 16th 40 point game of the season for |
| 0:58.6 | Luca Donchich. |
| 1:00.5 | Why does 16 ring a number from like ring a bell for me? |
| 1:02.9 | Same number as he has technicals this season. |
| 1:07.4 | Boom. |
| 1:07.8 | There you go. |
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